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Halliburton to Pay $1.1 Billion Settle Damages in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
2014-09-03 04:41:29| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Halliburton, the company contracted by BP to cement the ill-fated Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, has reached a $1.1 billion settlement with thousands of businesses, individuals and local governments that suffered losses from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, the company and plaintiffs announced on Tuesday. The settlement represents a small fraction of the damages paid out by the companies involved in the accident, which left 11 workers dead, spilled millions of gallons of...
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